29/05/11 Fence Diving - Really!

Been in Anglesey for a Holiday and did some caching whilst away. Was'nt expecting to go fence diving though.

GC1AZAF – A Family Event

Our first cache of the holidays and thought this was going to be an easy one to start off on. Hmm how wrong can you be……

We parked at the suggested car park for “Bry Celi Ddu” and walked up the hill to the footpath towards the A4080. Turned right at the sign and were heartened by the 10mins to cache from the GPS. We walked along a gravel track road until we came to a farm at the end. Looking about we could not see the style and path anywhere.

Just then the farmer’s wife came out and spoke to us. I explained that we were trying to find the path and had could not find the next part. She said that we had to go through a field at the right of the house and along the fence line on the right until we got to another style. If we then went over this style into the next field on the right and turned left through the subsequent styles we would find the path. We thanked her and walked on. As we neared the gate we spotted the style and it led to only what can be described as a wall of shrubbery and unless we had a team of 20 Gurkha’s with use there was no way we would get through it. So through the gate into the field instead (closing it after of course).

We followed the fence line and found the style into the next field which lead directly into a very large Hawthorn bush. There was no way we were going to get across that style without getting seriously injured. Noticing a wheelbarrow on the ground upside down along the fence line we decided to move it for if you cannot go over the fence why not go under it. So we attempted a scene from a prisoner of war movie and fence dived. A bit muck afterwards along our backs. (must pack a bin bag into the rucksack for next time we attempt a fence dive!!) Replaced the barrow into the fence so the sheep could not escape. The farmer responsible for these styles really needs to be brought to account, but I was not in the mood for that at the time.

Turned left and was surprised by the almost new and well kept styles that took us to the lane where the cache was. Evidently a different farmer who has no issues with walkers going through his land. We walked up the lane and found the cache. Not wanting to go back the same way we decided to make a circular route and followed the path through the farm loving his menagerie of peackocks, ducks, geese and a few other birds about.
Following the path we ended through a load more fields and into the next village of Llandaniel. Turned right at the end onto the road and right again back towards the Burial Chamber. 2 hours later we were back at the car.

Perhaps a better place to park is the layby on the A4080 and walk up the lane to this one or take 20 Gurkha’s and a large saw!! (unless of course you want to try fence diving).

GC1527P – The Marquess Column

A nice easy find just up from the car park. Next time we come to the island we will go up to the column and have a look round.